Last fall I purchased a 3600# capacity steel Shorestation lift. I dropped it off next to my garage at the lake, but now I have get it down to the water as soon as the snow melts. Can anyone recommend a good service for boat lift installation/transportation near the Mora/Knife Lake area?
Thanks guys!
4-6 guys and a couple cases of beer usually gets our lifts and docks in in short order. 
Get the wheel kit if you can swing it!
I have a cabin on knife lake and am always willing to lend a hand to an IDO member. Pm if interested.
Just to clarify here.
Can it be moved from your garage across your land to lakeshore or does it need to be brought to a public access and across the ice to your shoreline property?
Cant you just hook a 4 wheeler to it and drag it across the frozen ground to the ice and put it where you need it?
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Cant you just hook a 4 wheeler to it and drag it across the frozen ground to the ice and put it where you need it?
In MN we have snow, trees and hills. It is a steel lift and as far as we know there are no wheels and maybe he does not have a 4 wheeler… Any of which could be his issue.
Maybe you know something we all don’t, you sure seem to think you do.
Thanks for the responses, guys. We’ve considered most of those options. The problems that we face are these:
1. With even my biggest football buddies, we were still unable to move it around with any maneuverability.
2. From where it sits now, there are the 70 foot high skinny pine trees surrounding my property. The only possible way is to go through the driveway, down some landscaped terraces, and that’s after dropping a couple of powerlines.
3. I’m more than willing to get the wheel kit, but I don’t know how much good it would do with all the other trees that litter my yard.
4. I did think of the ice, but there is a spring right in front of my lakeshore that, when I punched a hole two weeks ago, was still 12 inches thinner than the rest of the lake. I’m very hesitant to pull my truck with a lowboy car hauler loaded with the steel lift through that area.
I’m thinking I’ll have to hire a guy with a crane/lift on a barge.
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Cant you just hook a 4 wheeler to it and drag it across the frozen ground to the ice and put it where you need it?
In MN we have snow, trees and hills. It is a steel lift and as far as we know there are no wheels and maybe he does not have a 4 wheeler… Any of which could be his issue.
Maybe you know something we all don’t, you sure seem to think you do.
I know you have snow, he said he wants to move it when the snow melts. And he never said it did not have wheels. A wheel kit would sure help you. With wheels you could probably hook it to a 4 wheeler (even if you have to borrow one) and drag it across the ice once the snow starts to melt.
Only other option would be to go through your landscaped yard which I would never do unless the ground is frozen and you have wheels on it.
I’ve had a couple of Shore Stations for many years. The first one was bought from a dealer and came in boxes. We have over a 30 ft steep elevation. We just put it together in the shallow water.
The second I bought used. It was intact on shore 150 miles away. A friend and I took it apart, put it the truck, and reassembled, again in the water.
If you don’t have an extreme drop off fro shore ust take it apart and reassemble. The assembly directions are on line. You might take a look at the parts list and get a few spare bolts, nuts, washers in case you twist something off. During assembly be careful not to tighten the bolt for the legs too tight. If too tight the aluminum posts will bend and make it a beatch to remove for adjustment (from personal experience).
It really is not a hard job to disassemble and reassemble…
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